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Small explosion at bakery in Lebanese capital kills 4 people
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Small explosion at bakery in Lebanese capital kills 4 people

BEIRUT (AP) — A diesel tank exploded inside a Beirut building on Friday night, killing four people and injuring several…
Lebanon orders 111 towns, villages closed to curb pandemic
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Lebanon orders 111 towns, villages closed to curb pandemic

BEIRUT (AP) — Authorities on Friday ordered the lockdown of more than 100 towns and villages across Lebanon after hundreds…
Lebanon asks Interpol to detain 2 Russians over port blast
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Lebanon asks Interpol to detain 2 Russians over port blast

BEIRUT (AP) — The lead investigator into the August blast at Beirut’s port that killed and wounded many people issued…
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down in blow to French initiative
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Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down in blow to French initiative

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a non-partisan…
Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’
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Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’

BEIRUT (AP) — Facing an economic meltdown and other crises, Lebanon’s president on Wednesday asked for the world’s help to…
‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast
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‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast

JIYYEH, Beirut (AP) — When Mustafa Kinno felt the ground shake and heard the deafening blast toward the port, he…
Aoun warns Lebanon going to hell unless government agreed
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Aoun warns Lebanon going to hell unless government agreed

BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Michel Aoun warned on Monday Lebanon was going “to hell” if a new government could not…
In Lebanon, women drive the fight for change
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In Lebanon, women drive the fight for change

While traffic seethed elsewhere in the city, crowds of angry people moved through central Beirut in protest at a government…
Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet
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Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A party founded by Lebanon’s Christian president made a proposal to end a dispute that has blocked…
‘Boiling again’: Lebanon’s old Christian rivalries rear up amid crisis
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‘Boiling again’: Lebanon’s old Christian rivalries rear up amid crisis

BEIRUT (Reuters) – An old rivalry between Christian factions who fought each other in Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war has flared…
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